19 June 2013 Last updated at 16:11 ET

Hull on UK City of Culture shortlistClockwise from top left: Dundee, Hull, Swansea and Leicester

Hull is one of four cities to make the shortlist to become the UK's second City of Culture in 2017.

Grimsby Islamic Cultural CentreMan in court over mosque attack

A man appears in court charged with arson with intent to endanger life after an attack on a mosque in Grimsby.

Policemen on horsesPolice horses 'no longer needed'

Humberside's police and crime commissioner defends plans to get rid of police horses, which he said were "not needed as a police tactic".

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Prescott's 'Nimby' wind farm attack

08:38 UK time, Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Government moves to give residents more power to veto wind farms come under attack from the former Labour cabinet minister Lord Prescott.

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